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literally, as joe biden would say. in the short term, the outcome looked like a win for president obama and a loss for speaker boehner. did it look that way close up too, susan? >> i think it did. for the speaker it was a very bad week. it's been a bad couple of weeks, i think. it started before they even got to this deal. it started when he tried to lead his conference down a separate path a couple weeks ago and said hey, i think i have an idea how we get around this and he couldn't get enough of his own members to support him. that set him on a path where it started to open the question of whether he could deliver at all. it took him out of the equation. he even said this is now for harry reid and mitch mcconnell to decide and they couldn't either the when they actually did vote on new year's eve it undermined what has been the governing rule of the republicans for the past decade, which is nothing should pass without a majority vote and they didn't have a majority vote, and then immediately turned around to re-elect
literally, as joe biden would say. in the short term, the outcome looked like a win for president obama and a loss for speaker boehner. did it look that way close up too, susan? >> i think it did. for the speaker it was a very bad week. it's been a bad couple of weeks, i think. it started before they even got to this deal. it started when he tried to lead his conference down a separate path a couple weeks ago and said hey, i think i have an idea how we get around this and he couldn't get...
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then there's the 911 call, either from mcconnell to biden or biden to mcconnell. >> narrator: on new year's eve, mcconnell outlined the stopgap measure. >> and i can report that we've reached an agreement on all of the tax issues. >> narrator: the key was a tax hike on individuals making more than $400,000. but it pushed the hard decisions on spending cuts down the road. >> we've not solved this issue. we've not solved it on a policy level, certainly, and we've not really solved it on a political level. and it's a significant failure of leadership. >> the honorable john a. boehner of the state of ohio... >> narrator: in january 2013, john boehner was elected to a second term as speaker, but a striking number of his own caucus voted against him. >> i think it confirmed in a sense what the negotiations showed, which is that there are people in the house who were not happy with john boehner's leadership, and they wanted to re that unhappiness. >> narrator: lately, eric cantor has broken with john boehner on key issues. some say he is laying the groundwork to be the next speaker of the h
then there's the 911 call, either from mcconnell to biden or biden to mcconnell. >> narrator: on new year's eve, mcconnell outlined the stopgap measure. >> and i can report that we've reached an agreement on all of the tax issues. >> narrator: the key was a tax hike on individuals making more than $400,000. but it pushed the hard decisions on spending cuts down the road. >> we've not solved this issue. we've not solved it on a policy level, certainly, and we've not...
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vice president joe biden today he said it that is ruffling feathers. i was speaking to a group of students. soothe ents do much to tensions. from beijing we have the latest. in asia rising china is asserting itself. america is responding. ed lines are being tested by beijing. and some have suggested the u.s. decline. the sole rica remains super power. joe biden met many of the hoping to get u.s. visas. >> challenge the government. your teachers. challenge religious leaders. letting china's president status quo is not something america is about to happen. >> you're candid and onstructive in developing this new relationship both qualities are needed. china's leaders adopting the term. ationalist >> this is the issue they've in the sea specs controlled by japan but claimed by china. months china has been endingships to probe japan's resolve, flexing the new naval forces it's building. the islands lie far to the southwest of japan and had an the efense zone covering area. last week china announced its overlapping japans, demanding aircraft here following b
vice president joe biden today he said it that is ruffling feathers. i was speaking to a group of students. soothe ents do much to tensions. from beijing we have the latest. in asia rising china is asserting itself. america is responding. ed lines are being tested by beijing. and some have suggested the u.s. decline. the sole rica remains super power. joe biden met many of the hoping to get u.s. visas. >> challenge the government. your teachers. challenge religious leaders. letting...
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the president, vice president biden, john kerry secretary of state is and chuck hagel, if they're all confirmed, they all served together on the senate foreign relations committee. so they really know each other, and they are in sync in a way that i don't think we've seen a team like this before. this isn't a team of rivals. >> beginning to sound like good ol' boys. by the way, where are the women in this administration forth coming? >> hillary is gone. >> there's valerie, john. leave it alone. >> solis is leaving. >> can i finish? >> yeah. >> hillary is gone. all the other jobs were occupied by white man. i don't think this president feels the compulsion to look like a benatante. if the republicans want to argue that the president's cabinet isn't diverse enough, have at it. >> did you see the group with obama with the sleeves rolled up? they were all boys. out of 14 or 15 people gathered around. not one woman. >> i think valerie jarratt's leg was in there. >> she was not. >> she actually functions as chief of staff. if anybody questions where the center of power is in the white house
the president, vice president biden, john kerry secretary of state is and chuck hagel, if they're all confirmed, they all served together on the senate foreign relations committee. so they really know each other, and they are in sync in a way that i don't think we've seen a team like this before. this isn't a team of rivals. >> beginning to sound like good ol' boys. by the way, where are the women in this administration forth coming? >> hillary is gone. >> there's valerie,...
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you're seeing biden pushed out of the way just a little bit. he's still been at the table when the president hosted all four caucuses over the last week. but he's not going up to capitol hill to have these closed door negotiations like he did last year. you're wondering, you know, maybe that's one of the reasons why they're not coming up with a deal. >> okay. so one of the things that we've heard rand paul say this morning on the sunday talk shows is this sequester level, saying, hey, if you want these cuts, senate republicans are not going to vote on any kind of reopening of the government until the sequester cuts are basically kept in place. why is this such an important issue for him? >> well, that's actually important to point out, that the continuing resolution, the budget agreements that they had in place that would only fund the government, by the way, through a few extra weeks. it's not like a long-term or one-year plan, it does have the sequester cuts in place. these are reduced levels of funding we've already seen in place for a year,
you're seeing biden pushed out of the way just a little bit. he's still been at the table when the president hosted all four caucuses over the last week. but he's not going up to capitol hill to have these closed door negotiations like he did last year. you're wondering, you know, maybe that's one of the reasons why they're not coming up with a deal. >> okay. so one of the things that we've heard rand paul say this morning on the sunday talk shows is this sequester level, saying, hey, if...
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. >> woodruff: and tensions are rising in asia, where vice president biden voiced support for japan as it feuds with china over islands and airspace. >> we, the united states, are deeply concerned by the attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the east china sea. >> those are just some of the stories we are covering on tonight's pbs news hours. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the president sought to shift the focus today, away from what's gone wrong with implementing the health care law to what's gone right. he said the benefits are being overlooked amid problems with the web site and policy cancellations. but ins
. >> woodruff: and tensions are rising in asia, where vice president biden voiced support for japan as it feuds with china over islands and airspace. >> we, the united states, are deeply concerned by the attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the east china sea. >> those are just some of the stories we are covering on tonight's pbs news hours. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine...
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biden and obama problem. >> i don't know. it is something that is been around for a long time. [ talking at the same time ] >> how long do you think we will tolerate it? >> god knows. [ talking at the same time ] >> we still tolerate it. i don't know how long it will be. it is a disgrace it has taken so long. [ talking at the same time ] >> the gun dealers requirement or their requirement or the government's requirement -- >> congress can't pass them because people don't believe guns are the problem -- [ talking at the same time ] >> he got the guns legally. >> one shot gone. >> bought it legally -- [ talking at the same time ] >> when we come back -- [ talking at the same time ] >> you shouldn't be if you are a nut case. >> the feds stays the course. >> a precautionary step. >> the u.s. federal reserve sprang a surprise by maintaining its asset purchase is steady add $85 billion per month. this process is known as quantitative easen. an effort to prop of the recovery with billions of dollars in stimulus. with the stock marke
biden and obama problem. >> i don't know. it is something that is been around for a long time. [ talking at the same time ] >> how long do you think we will tolerate it? >> god knows. [ talking at the same time ] >> we still tolerate it. i don't know how long it will be. it is a disgrace it has taken so long. [ talking at the same time ] >> the gun dealers requirement or their requirement or the government's requirement -- >> congress can't pass them because...
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they were followed by jill biden and by mrs. obama. >> ladies and gentlemen, the first lady of the united states, mrs. michelle obama. >> brown: and the vice president. ♪ hail to the chief and the president himself greeted by official music (hail to the chief). and by chants from the crowd. >> obama! brown: then the ceremonies got underway. the former chair of the naacp and widow of the slain civil rights leader delivered the invocation. >> we invoke the prayers of our grandmothers who taught us to pray, "god, make me a blessing." let their spirit guide us as we claim the spirit of old. there's something within me that holds the reins. there's something within me that banishes pain. there's something within me i cannot explain, but all i know, america, there is something within. there is something within. >> brown: perhaps the most rousing moment of the day came from the brooklyn tabernacle choir singing "battle hymn of the republic." ♪ his truth is marching on ♪ marching on >> brown: and then the first oath taking as supr
they were followed by jill biden and by mrs. obama. >> ladies and gentlemen, the first lady of the united states, mrs. michelle obama. >> brown: and the vice president. ♪ hail to the chief and the president himself greeted by official music (hail to the chief). and by chants from the crowd. >> obama! brown: then the ceremonies got underway. the former chair of the naacp and widow of the slain civil rights leader delivered the invocation. >> we invoke the prayers of our...
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the biden presidency. that didn't happen. and he became disillusioned with biden and politics and did the trick that people in washington do-- in fact most-- which is to go into lobbying and he made a pile of money as a lobbyist in the decade of the 2000s. >> rose: how did you find him? >> he was a source on a story i was working on and as soon as i heard the trajectory of his career from bide on the the clinton white house to lobbying and then at the very end went back to government to work with ted kaufman who took biden's place and together they tried to break up the big banks after the financial crisis and reinstate glass-steagall and the quixotic things that didn't happen during that congress but that he -- in a way he saw financial crisis as his reckoning. he had been part of the problem and now he wanted to do something about it. so he also was irresistible. >> rose: ted kaufman is an interesting character because here's somebody who is a friend of joe biden who goes to washington as a senator knowi
the biden presidency. that didn't happen. and he became disillusioned with biden and politics and did the trick that people in washington do-- in fact most-- which is to go into lobbying and he made a pile of money as a lobbyist in the decade of the 2000s. >> rose: how did you find him? >> he was a source on a story i was working on and as soon as i heard the trajectory of his career from bide on the the clinton white house to lobbying and then at the very end went back to...
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biden's goal was to pressure congress to vote yes or no on full gun control legislation. this includes senator dianne feinstein's proposed ban on 157 models of assault-style weapons. this week senate majority leader harry reid stripped feinstein's gun ban from the bill for strategic reasons, so that the senate will take it up next month. the pared down legislation focuses on school safety and gun trafficking. at new york's city hall mayor michael bloomberg who heads mayors against illegal guns implored congress for an amendment to the stripped down legislation. >> the only question is whether congress will have the courage to do the right thingor whether they will allow more innocent people, including innocent children, to be gunned down. >> the mayor was flanked by vice president joe biden who reminded the audience that congress has passed a been on assault weapons in 1994 and could do so again. the vice president also turned to a mother of one of the schoolteachers killed in the newtown, connecticut massacre. >> you know, it's time for the political establishment to sho
biden's goal was to pressure congress to vote yes or no on full gun control legislation. this includes senator dianne feinstein's proposed ban on 157 models of assault-style weapons. this week senate majority leader harry reid stripped feinstein's gun ban from the bill for strategic reasons, so that the senate will take it up next month. the pared down legislation focuses on school safety and gun trafficking. at new york's city hall mayor michael bloomberg who heads mayors against illegal guns...
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jared bernstein worked with him in the white house as the economic adviser to vice president biden. and juliana goldman has long reported on his role as white house reporter for "bloomberg news." juliana, you describe jack lew as the president's consummate aide. what did you mean by that? >> he's one of the president's most trugsed advisors, he encapsulates the idea of no drama obama. he's a tough negotiator, he's pragmatic and he's been around washington, as we've just heard, for the last 40 some years. he's one of the preeminent budget experts in this town and has had a street at the table for some of the biggest budget fights over the last three decades. so the president wanted to have somebody at the treasury who he was very close to and who was going to be armed for the fiscal fights ahead. >> woodruff: you at one point in your profile today, you quote david plouffe, the senior advisor to the president saying lew has a quiet ferocity to him. and you cite an incident during the 2011 debt limit fight with the republicans. >> that's right. it was sort of the 11th hour of negotiati
jared bernstein worked with him in the white house as the economic adviser to vice president biden. and juliana goldman has long reported on his role as white house reporter for "bloomberg news." juliana, you describe jack lew as the president's consummate aide. what did you mean by that? >> he's one of the president's most trugsed advisors, he encapsulates the idea of no drama obama. he's a tough negotiator, he's pragmatic and he's been around washington, as we've just heard,...
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. >> vice-president biden met with the nra, among others, at the white house this week. he's expected to deliver gun control or commissions to the president as early as next tuesday. colby, will this be a showdown with the nra over an assault weapons ban? >> no, it will not be gunfight at the o.k. corral. they will oppose any effort to do any thing on guns, and they may prevail. and there will probably be some agreement on background checks. to be parochial about this, in the district of columbia it would mean nothing to us regardless of any proposal did last year, the metropolitan police department recovered 1600 firearms. the year before, 2000 firearms. since 2003, more than 20,000 illegal weapons have been recovered in the district of columbia. no legal weapons allowed, and yet we recovered over 20,000 weapons. no legislation is dealing with this problem and a lot of urban problems. >> charles? >> that is exactly the core of the issue, that is the conundrum of the reason the assault weapon ban of the mid-90s, which lasted a decade, had no effect, is because it left ex
. >> vice-president biden met with the nra, among others, at the white house this week. he's expected to deliver gun control or commissions to the president as early as next tuesday. colby, will this be a showdown with the nra over an assault weapons ban? >> no, it will not be gunfight at the o.k. corral. they will oppose any effort to do any thing on guns, and they may prevail. and there will probably be some agreement on background checks. to be parochial about this, in the...
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if you talked to people that were inside the white house and working with joe biden i don't think there was a lot of hope that they thought they could ever get through an assault weapon ban in the house and the senate. for actually, though, it's not been michael bloomberg's actions over the past several weeks or gabrielle giffords or joe biden's that i think has made the biggest difference. i think the reason why the political landscape is moving as quickly as it is on this issue and why the polls are moving is because the abhorrent behavior of the national rifle association and their reaction not only to newtown but wayne lapierre's press conference, the news of the past few days of a commercial that actually talked about the president's own children and takes their personal security in and turns that into a political attack ad as well as an app on iphone that originally was targeted for agings four and up where kids could engage in target practice on their parents' iphone using assault weapons. but, charlie, with every misstep that wayne lapierre and the n.r.a. makes, they make the pr
if you talked to people that were inside the white house and working with joe biden i don't think there was a lot of hope that they thought they could ever get through an assault weapon ban in the house and the senate. for actually, though, it's not been michael bloomberg's actions over the past several weeks or gabrielle giffords or joe biden's that i think has made the biggest difference. i think the reason why the political landscape is moving as quickly as it is on this issue and why the...
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they like these guys, the biden who likes hu jinping goes over and glad hands him. >> rose: what about done olan's absence. >> he was more focused on asia. susan roist is to the. >> rose: do they like that or don't like that, done olan who was the pointman for the obama administration, the pont man who made several trips over there is gone from this administration so the guy they've been dealing with, gone. >> truement but president focus on asia, gone. when did they announced adiz was when kerry was with the chinese foreign minister in geneva working the iranian issue which clearly is more of a priority for the u.s.. >> rose: biden got two hours with hu jinping. >> the chinese rolled out the red carpet. the chinese were very happy with where the u.s. is. the chinese announced they want to do a bilateral investment treaty with the u.s. they want to be involved in a multilateral trade and service as agreement. the chinese strategy here is not a bad relationship with the u.s. the chinese strategy is to drive a wedge between the u.s. and japan. and i think they've been somewhat successful
they like these guys, the biden who likes hu jinping goes over and glad hands him. >> rose: what about done olan's absence. >> he was more focused on asia. susan roist is to the. >> rose: do they like that or don't like that, done olan who was the pointman for the obama administration, the pont man who made several trips over there is gone from this administration so the guy they've been dealing with, gone. >> truement but president focus on asia, gone. when did they...
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piece of this, which really least joe biden the odd man out. getting the exxon session call from mitt romney and let me call my partner joe biden. and clinton. what you have seen since the election is you saw right after the election bill clant and barack obama played golf together, a much friendlier round on 60 minutes you saul barack obama and hillary clinton doing an because of together as she was leaving the state department. and since then, hmm every person in the president's ward who declared a preference dechaired for hillary clinton, and that is happening either with the president's support, president obama's support or at least his tacit approval you can imagine a world yo you are sayig to staff people and politic politicians in his orbit you know i have a vice president who might want to run let's everybody hold off he hasn't done that, so i think the bill clinton without a doubt helped at the conventions after the democratic convention in charlotte, governor romney, new house said he never saw anything like the turn of the right trac
piece of this, which really least joe biden the odd man out. getting the exxon session call from mitt romney and let me call my partner joe biden. and clinton. what you have seen since the election is you saw right after the election bill clant and barack obama played golf together, a much friendlier round on 60 minutes you saul barack obama and hillary clinton doing an because of together as she was leaving the state department. and since then, hmm every person in the president's ward who...
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. >> warner: vice president biden brought that message to a.p.a.c., the american-israel public affairs committee today insisting that u.s. policy toward iran is firm >> it is to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, period. ( applause ) period. end of discussion. period. prevent, not contain. prevent. >> warner: if needed, he said, the u.s. will use military action to achieve it. the negotiation remains the better option >> while that window is closing, we believe there is still time and space to achieve the outcome >> warner: moments later the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu addressed the same conference via satellite from jerusalem. he gave a more dire assessment. >> i have to tell you the truth. diplomacy has not worked. iran ignores all these. it is running out the clock. it has used negotiations, including the most recent one, to buy time to press ahead with its nuclear program. >> warner: the most recent talks ended last week in kazakhstan with agreement only on further meetings. the u.s. and its partners did make an offer to iran: suspend enrichment of urani
. >> warner: vice president biden brought that message to a.p.a.c., the american-israel public affairs committee today insisting that u.s. policy toward iran is firm >> it is to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, period. ( applause ) period. end of discussion. period. prevent, not contain. prevent. >> warner: if needed, he said, the u.s. will use military action to achieve it. the negotiation remains the better option >> while that window is closing, we...
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>> well, this obama administration between president obama, joe biden, secretary of state john kerry, potential secretary of defense chuck hagel i would argue, is the most pro iran engagement u.s. national security cabinet since the 1979 revolution. this is an administration which desperately does want to do a deal with iran to diffuse the nuclear issue and to gradually reduce our footprint in the middle east. they certainly don't want to the go to war. and i'm not sure if ayatollah khamenei understands this is going to be the best deal he's going to get from the united states. >> suarez:. >> brown: well, the demands for the u.s. and others seems fairly clear and the push for sanctions go on. the iranians say they want the sanctions lifted first. so have you heard anything that suggests it's a sort of vicious cycle in that regard? >> this has also been a perennial challenge that synchronizing negotiations, who makes the first overture, but it's not within the realm of possibilities that the u.s. congress or president obama is going to remove sanctions before the negotiations start and
>> well, this obama administration between president obama, joe biden, secretary of state john kerry, potential secretary of defense chuck hagel i would argue, is the most pro iran engagement u.s. national security cabinet since the 1979 revolution. this is an administration which desperately does want to do a deal with iran to diffuse the nuclear issue and to gradually reduce our footprint in the middle east. they certainly don't want to the go to war. and i'm not sure if ayatollah...
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but since newtown, president obama has commissioned vice president biden and an administration task force to find a way forward. biden is meeting this week with various groups, including a representative of the national rifle association. presidential spokesman jay carney. >> the n.r.a. has certainly been one of the many groups invited. i would leave it to those groups themselves to decide whether to say whether -- to make any comment on their attendance in those meetings. >> reporter: the task force's proposals are due back to the president by the end of next week. after that -- >> the president will decide what he would like to pursue, what he believes is the right course of action. in addition to what he has already called on congress to do which is pass the assault weapons ban, pass legislation that would ban high capacity magazines, pass a bill that would close loopholes in our background check system. >> reporter: meanwhile, in centennial, colorado, this was day two of a preliminary hearing for james holmes who allegedly killed 12 people inside a movie theater last july. as the week
but since newtown, president obama has commissioned vice president biden and an administration task force to find a way forward. biden is meeting this week with various groups, including a representative of the national rifle association. presidential spokesman jay carney. >> the n.r.a. has certainly been one of the many groups invited. i would leave it to those groups themselves to decide whether to say whether -- to make any comment on their attendance in those meetings. >>...
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i know vice president biden has been working very hard. i believe greatly to his credit he's reached out to governors of both parties across the country as well as so many other groups to find out what's working in our state. for example, i did send him information about the work we've done in delaware around school safety. the work we've done in delaware around report to go the national database. i think some of these things probably make sense from a national level. but some of other things may make sense at the state level. >> brown: governor jack markell of delaware, thanks so much. >> thank you. woodruff: we had expected to be joined now by david keane president of the national rifle association. but there's been a mix-up in getting him to our studios. we will have that interview soon. >> brown: in the meantime online we feature young voices in the gun control debate. high schoolers from our student reporting labs and their solutions for making schools safe from gun violence. >> brown: next, to a remarkable turnaround in the nation's
i know vice president biden has been working very hard. i believe greatly to his credit he's reached out to governors of both parties across the country as well as so many other groups to find out what's working in our state. for example, i did send him information about the work we've done in delaware around school safety. the work we've done in delaware around report to go the national database. i think some of these things probably make sense from a national level. but some of other things...
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and an online "fireside chat" with vice president biden. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: president obama announced his nominees today to run two key financial regulatory agencies. he tapped mary jo white to chair the securities and exchange commission. she's a former federal prosecutor in new york, with a long record of prosecuting financial fraud and other white- collar crimes. >> if confirmed by the senate, i look forward to committing all of my energies to working with my fellow commissioners and the extremely dedicated and talented men and women of the staff of the s.e.c. to fulfill the agency's mission to protect investors, and to ensure the strength, efficiency, and transparency of our capital markets. >> sreenivasan: the president re-nominated richard cordray to lead the consumer financial protection bureau. the former ohio attorney general has held that position for the last year, but his temporary appointment will expire in december. >> we understand that our mission is to stand on the side of consumers: our mothers and fa
and an online "fireside chat" with vice president biden. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: president obama announced his nominees today to run two key financial regulatory agencies. he tapped mary jo white to chair the securities and exchange commission. she's a former federal prosecutor in new york, with a long record of prosecuting financial fraud and other white- collar crimes. >> if confirmed by the senate, i look forward to...
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biden meets with members of the national rifle association and other gun owner groups. a pre-trial hearing ended today in the colorado movie shooting. prosecutors finished outlining their evidence against james holmes, and the defense opted not to make a presentation. holmes allegedly shot and killed 12 people and wounded 58 others at a late-night movie showing in the town of aurora, last july. the judge says he will rule by friday on whether holmes should go to trial. a large scale prisoner exchange has begun in syria. the government said today it will swap more than 2100 civilian prisoners for 48 iranians that rebel forces captured in august. the iranians were greeted in damascus by their ambassador, who called them visitors. the rebels insisted they were fighters, supplied by iran to support president bashar al- assad. it was unclear how many of the syrian political prisoners were freed today. opposition groups said there are tens of thousands being held. the middle east struggled today with its worst january storm in 30 years. at least a foot of snow fell in jordan,
biden meets with members of the national rifle association and other gun owner groups. a pre-trial hearing ended today in the colorado movie shooting. prosecutors finished outlining their evidence against james holmes, and the defense opted not to make a presentation. holmes allegedly shot and killed 12 people and wounded 58 others at a late-night movie showing in the town of aurora, last july. the judge says he will rule by friday on whether holmes should go to trial. a large scale prisoner...
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and if you're joe biden, why not? you're successful, sitting vice president. helped win the second term. and served three decades, more than three decades in the senate. run for president a couple of times. why not one more time? third time is a charm perhaps. so no one knows if the vice president is going to run for president. but all of his advisors who i speak with say you know what? he would be crazy to sort of act like he's not running so stay in the mix. you never know what's going to happen. and he is enjoying this. having the time of his life and he did add his name to the speaking agenda of the harkin steak fry and something we look at as political reporters, in 2006 it had barack obama and what happened to him? he showed up at the steak fry. not just him. a whole raft of other potential people. no one is -- necessarily knows what secretary clinton is going to do. so people are sort of planning for a lot of scenarios. >> and also want to eat the chicken by the way. amy: i covered the last year of hillary clinton's campaign and then four years of her s
and if you're joe biden, why not? you're successful, sitting vice president. helped win the second term. and served three decades, more than three decades in the senate. run for president a couple of times. why not one more time? third time is a charm perhaps. so no one knows if the vice president is going to run for president. but all of his advisors who i speak with say you know what? he would be crazy to sort of act like he's not running so stay in the mix. you never know what's going to...
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a reporter said i was criticized in vice president biden's concept. i didn't know that was vice president by i's position. i wasn't trying to criticize i was trying to explain to a british audience why we were pursuing a counterinsurgency effort. >> rose: you had no idea this was ladened with possibilities of being misunderstood the way you expressed it. >> no, i didn't. >> rose: so you had those two things leak, troop numbers then you had a london speech which is mispercepted as an attack of vice president biden. that's there when this rolling stone incident comes up. do you think the three of them kind of came together? >> i think everything is cumulative. i think that the lack of trust, it hadn't matured enough in the spring when i was still on the joint staff and the concerns between the whitehouse and department of defense over the troop number because there was a fair amount of angst over those in the beginning of 2009 before i went to afghanistan. then this march, and we had this mary vents. we have a terioring situation in afghanistan. the str
a reporter said i was criticized in vice president biden's concept. i didn't know that was vice president by i's position. i wasn't trying to criticize i was trying to explain to a british audience why we were pursuing a counterinsurgency effort. >> rose: you had no idea this was ladened with possibilities of being misunderstood the way you expressed it. >> no, i didn't. >> rose: so you had those two things leak, troop numbers then you had a london speech which is mispercepted...
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vice president biden attended a conference in danbury, just miles from sandy hook elementary school, where 26 people were killed last december. biden urged support for the administration's proposals to curb gun violence and he warned there is a moral price to pay for inaction. >> the president is absolutely determined, that the loudest voices will be for the voices of the people who lost their voice. they will be the loudest voices in this debate. we intend to speak for them; enough is enough. we have an obligation to act. and we are taking that obligation seriously, responsibly, and we're acting expeditiously. >> sreenivasan: we'll have more from our "after newtown" series later in the program. gunfire erupted in the heart of the las vegas strip before dawn today and when it was over, three people were dead and at least six injured. the shooting sent a maserati crashing into a taxi, sending that car up in flames. police said someone in a black range rover had opened fire on the maserati near several major casinos. there was no word on a motive. police in nevada and neighboring south
vice president biden attended a conference in danbury, just miles from sandy hook elementary school, where 26 people were killed last december. biden urged support for the administration's proposals to curb gun violence and he warned there is a moral price to pay for inaction. >> the president is absolutely determined, that the loudest voices will be for the voices of the people who lost their voice. they will be the loudest voices in this debate. we intend to speak for them; enough is...
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. >> woodruff: tensions in the east china sea hovered over vice president joe biden's visit to beijing today. u.s. officials say he and chinese president xi jinping traded arguments over china's new air defense zone around islands that japan also claims. later, in a subdued session with reporters, neither man mentioned the issue. instead, xi emphasized that diplomacy is needed from both the u.s. and china to maintain regional peace. >> ( translated ): both the international situation and the regional landscape are undergoing profound and complex changes. regional hotspot issues keep popping up, and china and the united states shoulder important responsibilities for upholding world peace and stability and promoting human development and progress. >> woodruff: the state-run english newspaper "china daily" was far less diplomatic. in a bluntly worded editorial, it accused the u.s. of casting a blind eye to japanese provocations. the editorial went on to say: "despite trying to present the image of being an impartial mediator, washington has obviously taken japan's side." the european comm
. >> woodruff: tensions in the east china sea hovered over vice president joe biden's visit to beijing today. u.s. officials say he and chinese president xi jinping traded arguments over china's new air defense zone around islands that japan also claims. later, in a subdued session with reporters, neither man mentioned the issue. instead, xi emphasized that diplomacy is needed from both the u.s. and china to maintain regional peace. >> ( translated ): both the international...
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look i think joe biden, if hillary clinton does not run, joe biden -- >> rose: that's easy jonathan isn't it. if hillary clinton doesn't run. the question is -- >> it's hard to see him running. >> the best indicator of running in the future is running he's run twice before but he's a smart politician, he knows. >> he has a legacy. >> he knows he can't win. i think all the posturing is maybe he runs against hilary is to say if she doesn't run everybody else, martin o'malley everybody else thinking of running i'm first in line. >> rose: thank you very much, chris, thank you martin, thank you maggie. this is one of those things that happens when you're doing television if you're taking a program things happen after the program, after you've said good-bye and this has happened to us. maggie haberman after taping our segment that you've just seen did some reporting. one of the questions we had raised what might former secretary of state hillary clinton do and where does she stand now. so after maggie left this table, she did some reporting and found out that the clinton forces are releasing a
look i think joe biden, if hillary clinton does not run, joe biden -- >> rose: that's easy jonathan isn't it. if hillary clinton doesn't run. the question is -- >> it's hard to see him running. >> the best indicator of running in the future is running he's run twice before but he's a smart politician, he knows. >> he has a legacy. >> he knows he can't win. i think all the posturing is maybe he runs against hilary is to say if she doesn't run everybody else, martin...
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they want to lear from joe biden or one of his representatives. how did you arrive at this deal and what does it mean for us. you're watching for senators idea logical senators on both sides of this deal, liberals up set that the income threshold at 450, conservatives up set that there are no spending cuts in this deal t is all revenue. will somebody slow it down and block it. you have to watch it on the stat side because that pushes the senate over the cliff too. on the house side, once they're aware of what this deal is, how many votes can john boehner get on the republican side until you get to 218 through any combination of republican and democratic votes at this point. >> woodruff: not much celebrating tonight in the capitol. or at the capitol itself. todd zwillich, thank you very much. >> always a pleasure, judy. >> still to come on the newshour >> suarez: still to come on the newshour, causes and treatments for blood clots; a look back at the presidential race; building jobs skills while in high school; the emancipation proclamation; and 20
they want to lear from joe biden or one of his representatives. how did you arrive at this deal and what does it mean for us. you're watching for senators idea logical senators on both sides of this deal, liberals up set that the income threshold at 450, conservatives up set that there are no spending cuts in this deal t is all revenue. will somebody slow it down and block it. you have to watch it on the stat side because that pushes the senate over the cliff too. on the house side, once...
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it's one vice president joe biden advocated for from the beginning. he was against troop surge. >> rose: his argument was counterterrorism not counterinsurgency. >> so i think biden has won the day on that larger question as we move toward the end of obama's second term. >> and -- i always assumed biden was primarily arguing there had to be -- not just making a counterinsurgency but counterterrorism, the use of these kinds of weapons. >> rose: these special operations forces are not interested in counterinsurgency. they're -- they're not counterterrorism, they're anti-terrorism. they want to kill them. one special ops colonel told me they don't want to convert the natives, they're here to kill the natives. >> rose: they would argue our mission is to go kill the top ranks of al qaeda. would you quarrel with that? as long as no one's family was killed and no innocents were killed if that's possible. >> rose: here's what the standards should be. is the threat imminent. san francisco capture impossible? i think most americans overwhelmingly would say yes.
it's one vice president joe biden advocated for from the beginning. he was against troop surge. >> rose: his argument was counterterrorism not counterinsurgency. >> so i think biden has won the day on that larger question as we move toward the end of obama's second term. >> and -- i always assumed biden was primarily arguing there had to be -- not just making a counterinsurgency but counterterrorism, the use of these kinds of weapons. >> rose: these special operations...
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there was talk of replacing joe biden with hillary clinton. >> it has to be considered. in 2011 president obama was in terrible shape. h consideredt, bus getting rid of dan quayle and getting colin powell. but they were thinking it raises questions about my initial judgment in choosing a person. >> i agree with that. but we have heard since then is it ever got to the president for serious consideration but it would have looked like weakness and disloyalty. >> this goes way back. >> we talk about congressional gridlock here occasionally, it occasionally endlessly. on thursday senate republicans got together to block the nomination of former congressman mel watt. was summa cum laude and wh a cum laude. why are these people not qualified? ask theould have to republicans. the votes are there to confirm her. >> people are angry, they are talking about the nuclear option. d.c. circuit is one of the most important circuit and there are three judges who have been held up. it is not individual judges they're going after some much as the importance of the position. that circuit ha
there was talk of replacing joe biden with hillary clinton. >> it has to be considered. in 2011 president obama was in terrible shape. h consideredt, bus getting rid of dan quayle and getting colin powell. but they were thinking it raises questions about my initial judgment in choosing a person. >> i agree with that. but we have heard since then is it ever got to the president for serious consideration but it would have looked like weakness and disloyalty. >> this goes way...
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jill biden the wife of vice president is a teacher from sandy hook elementary school. kate lynn i believe is her name from newtown connecticut. and that reminds us of the theme of much of not only the president's remarks tonight but the guests tonight, mark. in the chamber. at least a couple of dozen of members of congress have invited either victims of gun violence or... >> or surviving family members including with the first lady. >> woodruff: we just saw michelle obama, the first lady, talking with one of those special guests. and again i'm reminded that's the mother of the 15-year-old teenager, young woman. she performed at the president's inauguration from chicago. she went home to chicago and then was gunned down in a shooting that was said to be just a mile or so from the president's house. >> that's right. and two people were arrested yesterday. >> woodruff: and one of the points the white house has been making is that gun violence is not something distant. it touches many many families in this country. that's one of the points. >> that's a realm where i think
jill biden the wife of vice president is a teacher from sandy hook elementary school. kate lynn i believe is her name from newtown connecticut. and that reminds us of the theme of much of not only the president's remarks tonight but the guests tonight, mark. in the chamber. at least a couple of dozen of members of congress have invited either victims of gun violence or... >> or surviving family members including with the first lady. >> woodruff: we just saw michelle obama, the first...